Iraqi forces storm Mosul airport

baghdad - Iraqi security forces on Thursday began storming the airport controlled by the Islamic State in Mosul and a nearby military base. Reported that the Iraqi state.

The attack is part of the offensive supported by the United States to get their hands on it by IS occupied western part of the city.

' Our forces have launched a major operation with the storming of the Mosul airport and Ghozlani base IS expel. We can confirm that the airport as well as is recaptured and it is a matter of short time before we have it all under control, '' said a spokesman for the anti-terrorist unit.

After ousting militants from the east of Mosul last month, Iraqi forces want to use the airport as a springboard for an attack on the heart of the second city of Iraq.

The airport and the military complex were IS-owned since June 2014. If the campaign backed by the Americans to retake Mosul very successful, then it probably means the end of the IS by self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq.